Anatomy of a Gas Burner Assembly in a Dryer

If you’re troubleshooting the burner assembly on a gas dryer, one of the basic things ya just gotta know is the main parts: what they are and where they’re located. This photo shows the main parts of a gas dryer, click it to see the annotations of the various parts:

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1. Radiant Sensor
2. Ignitor
3. Flame comes out here
4. Flame Tube
5. Valve Coils (2)
6. For propane fuel, this will be a blocking pin; for nat. gas, this will just be a cap.
7. Gas supply pipe